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A World Without You – Five Years Later
12th September is the hardest day of the year. Continue reading
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Farewell, Ozzy Osbourne: The Dark Will Remember
While the world already saw Ozzy Osbourne as being the ‘Prince of Darkness’, he helped breed the myth even further. Continue reading
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In memoriam: Dr Manmohan Singh and Shyam Benegal
It is with immense sadness that one notes the passing of two stalwarts of India – former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh (born 1932) and filmmaker Shyam Benegal (born 1934) – this past week. Continue reading
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Remembering Abhignya ma’am, four years later
Time passes by quickly, but the grief stays with me, and many of my friends, who remember her every day. Continue reading
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In Memoriam: Chintu Prudhvi
It was nigh on impossible to play Chintu comfortably in the nets, especially on the matting surfaces that Bhavan’s used to have back in the day. Continue reading
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WELL COOKED, CHEF ALASTAIR
Alastair Cook walked out to the middle for the last time on 11 September after calling time on his international career. He said that he had ‘nothing left in the tank’ and admitted that the single-minded devotion he always had was gone- a subtle way of saying that he had given it his all while Continue reading
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BATMAN TO SUPERMAN
(The year is 2040) “I didn’t wear my undies over my pants Against Arkham I took a very rigid stance Even if my eyes lacked your X-ray scan,” Said the venerable Batman to Superman, Superman, now old and fragile, lifts his head Starts to say something but stares right ahead “At least I didn’t drive Continue reading
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THE MONSOONS OF 2013 AND HOW JEFFREY ARCHER CHANGED MY LIFE
I became a very big fan of AB de Villiers in 2013. The South African was keeping wickets for the Test team back then and I was doing the same for St Andrews and the Hyderabad Schoolboys. But it weren’t his graceful cover drives or brutal straight drives or the 180 degree swiveling scoop shot Continue reading
Mohul is a national-level cricketer, poet, sports journalist, travel writer and essayist from Hyderabad, India.
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